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Does one swan a winter make?

The earliest ever arrival of a Bewick Swan in the UK is seen as a sign of a long cold winter in Europe. Thousands of the swans migrate every year from Russia, but normally not until a lot later. Julia Newth, from the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust at Slimbridge in Gloucester, explained.

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